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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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90 Al-Balad ٱلْبَلَد

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

90:1 لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:1 Nay, I swear by this city - - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:2 وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:2 And thou art an indweller of this city - - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:3 وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
90:3 And the begetter and that which he begat, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:4 لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
90:4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere: - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:5 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
90:5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him? - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:6 يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
90:6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth: - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:7 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
90:7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:8 أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
90:8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:9 وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
90:9 And a tongue and two lips, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:10 وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
90:10 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:11 فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
90:11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent - - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:12 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
90:12 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! - - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:13 فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
90:13 (It is) to free a slave, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:14 أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
90:14 And to feed in the day of hunger. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:15 يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
90:15 An orphan near of kin, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:16 أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
90:16 Or some poor wretch in misery, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:17 ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
90:17 And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:18 أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
90:18 Their place will be on the right hand. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:19 وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
90:19 But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)

90:20 عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
90:20 Fire will be an awning over them. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)